How do I find out about concerts? How do I get more details about something I heard over the air? How do I submit events to WORT’s Music Calendars? Who do I contact with changes or cancellations?

WORT’s Music Calendars are a great resource to find out about concerts in all genres and places. Usually you’ll find details in the online listing or links to get more information. There’s a link to to submit your event at the top of the calendar page. You can also submit events, changes and cancellations to calendar@wortfm.org.

Contact Information

Music Director: Sybil Augustine – musicdirector@wortfm.org (for music submissions, charts and tracking, promotional exchanges for music events and following up on volunteer applications or other requests. Please include specifics in your subject line, such as “Hiphop Music Submission” etc, )

How do I get my music played on WORT?

We accept submissions in most genres and styles of music, focusing on noncommercial, out-of-the-mainstream, independent releases (check out our playlists and music charts for more information.) It may take up to a few weeks for us to review and process your submission so we appreciate your patience, and feel free to contact us to follow up. Please send your music, indicating any tracks with language that needs to be aired after 10 pm and including a one-sheet description and any biographical and tour information, to WORT Music Director, 118 S. Bedford St, Madison, WI 53703 and/or to musicdirector@wortfm.org.

We do accept digital files on .wav or mp3, but currently we still prefer CDs to digital submissions because it’s the quickest way to get it into the hands of our programmers and onto the airwaves, though we have a growing digital library. Digital submissions should be .wav or other lossless files, or high quality mp3s [128-320 kbps.]

You can follow up or “track” your submissions by email, or call 608-256-2001 on Wednesdays between 1-4 pm CST to ask if we received it, has it been reviewed, has it been added to our library, and what kind of airplay it’s getting—e.g. light, medium, heavy or charting. Thanks and we look forward to hearing your music!

WORT Music Playlists

What was that song I heard? Who was the artist, what is the album title, where can I get it? Where can I find the entire playlist for a show?

Click on the Playlists button to bring up a calendar where you can choose any date to find the playlists for that day. If you can’t find the right playlist or the song you’re looking for, your best bet is to call the station the next time that program’s on and ask the host yourself. If that’s not possible we may be able to help you, but please have as much information as possible at hand when you contact us, such as: approximate day and time the music was played, what type or genre of music it was, who hosted the show and any other information you remember about the selection and we’ll do our best to track it down.

Once you figure it out, there’s a “Buy It!” link next to each track in online playlists that leads you to a place where you can buy songs and albums, and by doing it that way a small portion of each purchase goes to support WORT.

Fall Pledge Drive October 1-14

We chose “Resisting the Status Quo” for the Fall 2017 Pledge Drive because that’s been WORT’s mantra since we went on the air in 1975.

WORT was established by people with no background in radio. They wanted a radio station by the community for the community. A radio station that went beyond the status quo. Playing music no one else played. Reporting news neglected by commercial or public media. And for 42 years you have responded. In fact, you just voted us favorite Madison area radio station again this year!

Would you like us to continue to play the music and air the news that resists the status quo? Because it really is up to you. We exist because you dreamt us, built us, and have supported us for 42 years.

Help us continue to bring you radical radio by donating today.

You’ve told us that you aren’t happy with the social status quo. You aren’t happy with the relaxation of environmental standards and the resulting pollution of our lakes and our land. You aren’t happy with the racism, homophobia and misogyny that have only increased in the last year. You aren’t happy with voting restrictions and gerrymandering.

Our Fall Pledge Drive t-shirt is in tune with that message. Resist radio conformity, resist a polite response to the forces that threaten an equitable society.

Pledge now. And check out the great shows we have planned for you in the next two weeks. We promise not to say the WORT “toque” (or tuke, depending on your pronunciation) more than once an hour.*

PS—We also have a sweet deal that comes with our WORT pint glass. Check it out here.

* (Gentle ribbing of WPR, who offered a toque thank you gift but insisted on pronouncing it tuke).